Overview

The Solr importer implements common functionality that is meant to be reused in other projects. It contains a user interface, some general-purpose functions (e. g. logging, file upload), and a possibility to define your own functionality in an external project. Thus, the importer acts as a framework and the external project acts as a plugin.

However, the importer can also be used as a stand-alone tool. In that case, you only get some general importing functionalities which should work in any scenario where Solr files must be imported. For example, the importer by itself is not at all aware of the Solr schema structure that is used. It can only send some given Solr files in XML format to a running Solr server. Specific configuration, like e. g. the schema definition or code that creates the Solr files, must be provided within the plugin.